Vladimir Grushevsky biography

Anna or, as she was called in the family, Nina Yampolskaya was several years older than Michael. The pupil of the Kharkov Institute of Noble Device took on the mission to make the personality of the "Bursak" Grushevsky "more refined and sophisticated." In the Yampolsky house, where young people often gathered, the gymnasium student became a frequent guest. A friendly correspondence ensued between young people.

Anna, as Grushevsky later recalled, acted as his "mentor and spiritual educator." And he, in turn, taught it the Ukrainian language and instilled interest in Ukrainian literature. But this was not destined to come true. Grushevsky entered the University of Kyiv in the year, and Anna remained in the Caucasus. In the year, Yampolskaya moved to Kyiv, with the mediation of Grushevsky participated in the activities of the "old community", and helped to care for the sick Alexander Konisssky.

In the year, she was even the official editor of the Village newspaper, which was published by Grushevsky. The correspondence of Mikhail and Anna lasted many years - 55 letters of Mikhail to Anna and her answer were preserved. Mikhail Grushevsky, together with other gymnasium students, became an excitement of opera performances. Not least because of Elena Pavlovna Markovskaya.

She performed the Party of Michaela in the opera "Carmen" and, as Grushevsky later recalled, was "a beautiful and stately girl, a brown -haired brown eyes, Ukrainian type." Budget cinema: Anna Yaroslavna, Dovbush and the Holodomor soon during the annual charitable concert, which was held in the gymnasium, a personal acquaintance of Mikhail and the singer took place. Together with the organizer of the event Georges Eristov, Grushevsky was engaged in the invitation of opera artists to participate in the concert.

Among them was Markovskaya. Mikhail became "a page at a high lady from art": he brought the singer to the concert, took her home, handed her a bouquet.

He visited her at home several times, talked about the Ukrainian theater and music, the Ukrainian literary movement. In response, Markovskaya sent the Opera to the Grushevsky libretto, including those that were placed by the troupe - “Rigoletto” by J. Verdi, “Huguenots” by J. J. Lovers Mikhail presented the artist for memory of several books, in particular, the novel by Yuri Fedikovich and the Petersburg edition of Kobzar in good binding.

The feelings that covered the summer young man reflected in his love lyrics. For the first time, poems were published in the book "Mikhail Grushevsky. From the literary heritage." New York, Kyiv, the opera season ended, the troupe left. Mikhail Elena Pavlovna did not say about his feelings. Although until the end of his life he remembered the sweet smell of apples in the hallway of the house, in which the Markov atmosphere, which reigned in the family, was close to him in spirit.

Love and acquaintance in the Tinder era thought for a long time whether to marry Mary. The girl’s parents also wanted to see Grushevsky with their son -in -law. It didn't work out. Having moved to Lviv in the year and heading the department of universal history with a special review of the history of Eastern Europe at Lviv University, Professor Grushevsky made friends with famous Galician families.

One of the closest to him was the family of ethnographer Vladimir Shukhevich. Young Irina-Sofia Shukhevich in the family was her name Arina was a beauty. The girl had a wonderful voice - she sang wonderful. And Grushevsky simply could not help but be carried away by her, devoting several romantic poems to the object of his sympathy. The author of the photo. Lviv, they met a year in Lviv - a professor and a teacher.

Maria was the daughter of a Greek Catholic priest from a cliff-sazbruch now-Skala-Podolskaya. After graduating from the Lviv teacher's seminary, she worked in the city. In March, Grushevsky wrote a letter to the girl in which he spoke about his feelings and made a hand and heart proposal: “I think that for you is not my secret to your personality. I should know if I can hope for more.

I have outlined my views on this business: sympathy requires reciprocity, as well as mutual trust and respect, I do not like to play beautiful words, let me say my affairs for me most of all. - Smart and a public assistant, in order to live with him, Mary, in June, was born to their only daughter, they were not mistaken in each other.